Newbury & District Organists' Associaion -Stephen Holmes (Lunchtime Recitalisit)

Lunchtime Recitalist - STEPHEN HOLMES Updated Thursday April 13, 2006
STEPHEN HOLMES started studying the organ with William Nutter at Rochdale Parish Church at the age of 14. His first appointment as organist was at St. Peter’s Church, Newbold. In 1968 he went up to Brasenose College, Oxford to read Engineering Science. For many years he sang with the Oxford Bach Choir and the Oxford Harmonic Society. In 1975 he was awarded a D.Phil. for his research into the electron microscopy of metallic defects. In 1979 he left Oxford to pursue a career writing computer systems software and moved to Bracknell. From 1980 to 1983 he was the organist of All Souls’ Church, South Ascot. In 1987 he moved to Lambourn, and in 1993 was appointed organist and choirmaster of St. Michael and All Angels’ Church. The church has a fine organ which was built in 1858 by Henry Willis. April 2006





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